1.3 Release 1

Bugs Squashed

• Keyboard events will now work when pulse is loaded through an iframe

Improvements

• Optimized the plugin system to be more efficient when invoking callbacks
• Optimized layer rendering

New Features

• You can now take advantage of the Pulse Physics module, which utilizes Box2d to bring 2d physics to your games
• Added a parent property to the pulse.Scene object

1.2 Release 1

Filename Changes

• pulse.debug.js has been changed to pulse.js
• pulse.debug.js now refers to the full version of the new Debug Panel feature
• Pulse distributions will now be in this form:
  
  
  • [name].js - full version used for debugging
  • [name].min.js - minified version used for released products

Bugs Squashed

• URLs for Bitmap Fonts can now have query strings
• Layers can now be hidden/shown via the visible property
• The parent property on layers is now set when adding it to a scene
• Engine constructor documentation was corrected to show size as a single object with width/height properties, instead of two separate parameters
• Texture constructor documentation was corrected to show that a params object is passed and not a string

Improvements

• Optimized the move method on visual objects

New Features

• You can now remove plugins from an engine
• You can now remove assets from asset manager
• Events can now be bound using obj.on().
  
  Example:
  

  mySprite.on(‘click’, function(event){});

• You can now debug your code more efficiently using the Pulse Debug Panel
  
  

  Some key features include:

  • The ability to monitor performance statistics such as the FPS or draw times
  • A simple to use, cross-browser compatible, console
  • Inspect the properties of any node in your game without writing any console calls
  • Visual debugging capabilities so you can see where and what your objects are doing, without needed to add extra drawing code
  • All you have to do is include one file and the panel is ready to use

1.1 Release 2

Bugs Squashed

• Some non-mouse events will no longer throw an error

1.1 Release 1

Bugs Squashed

• Bitmap fonts now correctly take letter offset into account
• Layer canvases will now currently default to the size of their parent
• The update loop will now only run 20 updates when re-activating an inactive browser tab
• You can now remove all visual-type objects from layers
• Click events will no longer fire on hidden nodes
• Nodes added to layers are not flagged for visual updating
• Sound assets will no longer throw a loading error
• pulse.Ready nows handles situations where the body is already loaded

New Features

• Engines can now be hidden, allowing you to pause all pulse-related logic
• Added addScene, removeScene, activateScene, and deactivateScene to Engine
• Layer.removeNode can take in a node object as well as the name of the node
• Added support for touch events
  • touchstart, touchmove, and touchend are now bindable events
  • mousedown, mousedown, and mouseup events are mapped to their corresponding touch events if touch events are supported
  • click events are also mapped, so you can bind to click on touch devices
• Added pulse.support.touch that tells you if touch events are supported

1.0 Release 1

API Changes

• Height and Width have been removed as params for engine and layer constructor.
  Anywhere you have created an engine or layer object you need to convert any width/height params passed into the constructor into a size object, just like you would do for a sprite.
  
  Example
  

  var myLayer = new pulse.Layer({ width: 100, height: 100 });

  Becomes
  

  var myLayer = new pulse.Layer({ size: {width: 100, height: 100}});

Bugs Squashed

• Layers added to scene after scene has been activated do not show up
• AssetManager.percentLoaded was not correct in all cases
• Removed inline iFrame support from engine because it doesn't work properly
• Lots of smaller fixes

Improvements

• All size declarations on object params are consistent

New Features

• Added mouse over and mouse out events
• Add generic text files asset type
• If update time is too long we sub divide it to keep everything around 30fps
• Game window now removes focus from other elements on page when it receives focus
• Plugin system has been added
• Added support for negative rotation values
• Added event to AssetManager for progressChanged
• Added parent property to node and set it when it's added as a child
• Added shadow effect properties to visual
• Added move action for moving sprites over a period of time